Cabinet line-up may be out this week #SGelections

PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Saturday that he is likely to unveil the line-up for his new Cabinet early this week. But he has not decided if he will accept Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew's and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong's resignations from the Cabinet, which they announced in a joint statement on Saturday. 'It's a major event for Singapore, for two major figures like MM and SM to leave the Government. It shows that they are thinking of Singapore and of the future of Singapore,' said PM Lee, adding in Mandarin that theirs was a selfless decision. In their statement, MM Lee and SM Goh said that they are stepping down so that PM Lee and his younger leaders would 'have a fresh clean slate'. MM Lee is retiring from the Cabinet after 52 years, since taking office as prime minister in 1959, while his successor, SM Goh, has held various portfolios in the Cabinet since 1...